My Breath

 

I want to hyperventilate

say I am not ok

my chest wants to tighten

feel like I can’t breathe

anxiety and panic is filling me

with every turn I take

nowhere to turn 

Just want to feel safe from this world

When I look around me

The more my breath gets shallow

I look up

How can i still be breathing

Pressure builds 

As my chest gets tighter

My breath grows quicker

I need it to slow

I have no clue how

Needing to run away

Only collapsing

Needing to scream

No sounds escape

What breath I have left 

Grows faster

More shallow

I want to scream for help

Shout I am not okay

I can’t get these words out

Which makes me not breathe

How do I breathe

In this world

That is vastly coming after me

With a force of a comet

No way to stop it

Trying to get a breath in

To only fail

Before another gasp escapes my lips

Holding on to what I have left

This can’t last forever

Nothing ever does

Holding on for another moment

Waiting for the impact

My chest begins to loosen

I begin to breath again

My breath starts to return 

I feel like me again